You can indeed. You can have:
All metal
All plastic
metal head with plastic body
wood head with plastic body [head must be purchased separately and it is often difficult to find a proper match]
all wood
metal head with wood body
Metal V.s Wood Piccs
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flutepicc06
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You can also end up with a wood head on a metal body (pretty rare). I know of a couple of players who use Eldred Spell headjoints on old Haynes' and the like.fluteguy18 wrote:You can indeed. You can have:
All metal
All plastic
metal head with plastic body
wood head with plastic body [head must be purchased separately and it is often difficult to find a proper match]
all wood
metal head with wood body
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Re: Metal V.s Wood Piccs
My son is the piccolist. He started with a student, all metal Gemeinhardt, then when it was time to upgrade, he tried dozens of flutes, mostly wooden. Long story short, a Burkart (BP+E) Professional, (Grenadilla) with a modified wing lip, is what he chose.
A few months later we were looking to upgrade his Flute headjoint, and he showed the person at the shop his piccolo, and he tried a few piccolo headjoints. We ended up not buying a Flute headjoint, but did get a Piccolo headjoint, the last one he tried, a handmade, cocobolo with gold wing, just brought a totally new (very warm) personality to this piccolo.
So, he then had two piccolo headjoints, one producing a fairly warm, and the other producing a Very warm sound.
I then thought, maybe he should try a metal headjoint to brighten it up a bit for certain pieces, and we did just that, he bought a Burkart, Clarion cut Sterling Silver headjoint, and it did what it was intended for.
So he now has three different headjoints for his Grenadilla piccolo, one grenadilla, one cocobolo, and one Sterling Silver, each one giving his piccolo a very different personality.
Off the beaten path, all of the above are used for indoor playing. He has a Yamaha YPC-32 (plastic) for marching, and I was totally surprised at how good, and how bright this piccolo is.
So, thats my two cents on this subject, maybe some day I will post a pic or two of the units.
Enjoy!
A few months later we were looking to upgrade his Flute headjoint, and he showed the person at the shop his piccolo, and he tried a few piccolo headjoints. We ended up not buying a Flute headjoint, but did get a Piccolo headjoint, the last one he tried, a handmade, cocobolo with gold wing, just brought a totally new (very warm) personality to this piccolo.
So, he then had two piccolo headjoints, one producing a fairly warm, and the other producing a Very warm sound.
I then thought, maybe he should try a metal headjoint to brighten it up a bit for certain pieces, and we did just that, he bought a Burkart, Clarion cut Sterling Silver headjoint, and it did what it was intended for.
So he now has three different headjoints for his Grenadilla piccolo, one grenadilla, one cocobolo, and one Sterling Silver, each one giving his piccolo a very different personality.
Off the beaten path, all of the above are used for indoor playing. He has a Yamaha YPC-32 (plastic) for marching, and I was totally surprised at how good, and how bright this piccolo is.
So, thats my two cents on this subject, maybe some day I will post a pic or two of the units.
Enjoy!